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Editorial
. 2024 Jul 11;14(7):e11688.
doi: 10.1002/ece3.11688. eCollection 2024 Jul.

The complete chloroplast genome of Marupa (Simarouba amara Aubl., Simaroubaceae)

Nora Scarcelli  1 , Carmen Garcia Davila  2 , Marie Couderc  1 , Diana Castro Ruiz  2 , Guillain Estivals  2 , Carlos Alberto Custodio Angulo Chavez  2 , Hector Acho Vasquez  2 , Jhon Gregory Alvarado Reategui  2 , Tony Vizcarra Bentos  2 , Cédric Mariac  1
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The complete chloroplast genome of Marupa (Simarouba amara Aubl., Simaroubaceae)

Nora Scarcelli et al. Ecol Evol. .

Abstract

Marupa (Simarouba amara Aublet 1775) is a tropical tree of the family Simaroubaceae. It is commonly used for its wood in the Amazonian forest, and it is an important species for restoring degraded environments. Yet, very little genetic resources are available to study this plant. In this paper, we sequenced for the first time the complete chloroplast genome of Marupa, using Oxford Nanopore long-read technology. The genome is 159,838 bp, includes 131 genes in total and presents a classic quadripartite structure. Its length and structure are similar to those of sister species of the Simaroubaceae family. A maximum likelihood phylogeny of the order Sapindale reveals that Simarouba amara is well positioned in its family. This complete plastome is a first step towards a better analysis of Marupa future evolution.

Keywords: Marupa; Simarouba amara; Simaroubaceae; chloroplast genome.

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Conflict of interest statement

No financial or non‐financial competing interests to report. No approval/permission is required for the sample collection, as confirmed from Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP).

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Marupa tree (left) and details of young leaves (right). The tree is approx. 15 m tall with a trunk approx. 50 cm in diameter. The trunk is cylindrical, dark grey with white spots. The leaves are compound, alternate, paripinnate or imparipinnate and arranged along the distal parts of the branches. There are between 10 and 20 leaflets in total. Leaflets are subcoriaceous and glabrous on both sides, alternate or subopposite, with an oblong, obovate or elliptical blade, the apex is rounded and the margins flat. Photo taken by T. Vizcarra Bentos in the IIAP centre of Jenaro Herrera © T. Vizcarra Bentos.
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Genome map of Simarouba amara chloroplast OR754289, drawn using ORGDRAW (Greiner et al., 2019). Inner genes are translated clockwise and outer genes anticlockwise. Inner circle represents the GC contents.
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
Structure of the rps12 gene.
FIGURE 4
FIGURE 4
Phylogenetic tree generated by RAxML. Numbers on nodes indicate bootstrap values over 100 bootstraps.
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